The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-08

then diving down, as IL anxious 10 make a
deep sea sounding, Dickey fell into history
again
"Did you know said she, that the Rule OF
Three is the rule Of the scar
"As 20 howr said l.
"Why," said she, "the ships bow rises and
falls three times, and then she runs along for
n short distance on an even keel, and 80 on al
nfnitum.r
"Ad nauseam, rather" said !, as / felt
twinge OF NAL de mer, and saw a Storage
passenger endeavoring to spit his immortal
soul into the sea.
BY noon the deck Of the ship WAS like
ward in a hospital; the spray was dashing
clear over the ship, and by 4 O'Clock had
offered tribute to Neptune, and Dckey was
looking like pale and worn out dishrag.
"Dickey, said | sarcasticalIy, "what have
you done with all the romance Of the sea YOU
had on exhibition Thursday night"
Thrown it overheard said she with
groan. "COnfound the romancel Conf0und
the sea I'll be- satisfied if my skin is left to
me, though don't just see how I'm going %
throw up my skeleton and She made another
Intellectual attempt.
p -
sons. but by o'clock the sea had subsidized
considerably and we managed 10 get 10 bed
very successfully, and that was the end and
all Of our seasickneSs. for the waters We're down
next day and remained that way for the re-
mainder Of the voyage. We were becoming
accustomed to the motion, too, and that had
much % DO with the apparent quiescence Of
the waves
All our days after this We're given up %
full enjoyment Of the unrestrained liberty Of
the sea. and we dressed and loafei and read
and talked pretty much as we pleased
There was a young Kentuckian on board,
Judge Kincad, with whom Dickey bad
quite n Irritation, and asked him why he
chose am American rather than a German
girl for such advertisement
"Well, " said he. "the only genuine flirta-
ti0us girl IN the world is the American She
knows how 10 size up man, and can draw
the line with great exactnes, between what
he SAYS and what be- means. at the same time
making him believe She means an she says.
tried pretty German girl at first. but ]
found that she spelled Love with Zig J.,
and held 10 as something not o. bee mentioned
in Jest There's too much business boo that
sort for mo, and "a, / don't want amy per-
quiites i'm the shape of broken hearts or
breach Of promise suits, nave withdrawn
before 10 is eyerastingly too late.'
/ believe the judge is right. for i'm my
talks ON the subject with some German
ladies / found they had been taught that
nippancy in love or religion wa, equally
sacrilegious
After the second Sunday we began tofeal
that land was an object in l.fe. ami as Dicaey
and ! were % be- the first passengers % leave
the ship, di-emharking at Plymouth, EDg,
we were tine enyiel 0f all Observers. and one
man, not quite up in geography said Doe
thought De would go nIth us t0 London and
thence to Hamburg hy rail- Whom ] OK
planned that the railroad d.i mot cross the
channel and that England was nsular. The
poor fellow chokei down "a sigh aud gave zap
the idea He had been pretty sick, and
probably that is why bee forgot Dis geogra-
ply. for sea sickness viii make "a person for
get everything but itself
Tuesday morning the thirteenth day ont
from New York aud two days later than ex
pected. the steward came rafting at our
door. saying we were approaching Plymouth
and it wa, time for us to Doe APP
Talk about woman taking "a long time o.
dress. TIL wager biscuit that we We're into
our clothes and ont of that ,tateroom -cel'
Dickey called iu before man could have
said Dbl, morning prayers. ON dock He found
some of the passengers who had been mp for
three hours. SD crazy We're they to ~ee hard
ground once more, and they had much to tell
MS how Lizard Point and the shore, cOutigl-
Gus looked in the grim gray dawn Every
body folt good, AMI / ann sure the bills, ns
bare and rugged as they seemed from the
ship. were as beautiful 90 me u- the face of "a
fair girl Then the pilot came, and shortly
after we ran up ia sight OF Plymouth, the
metropolis II the west, ami tender came
20 take us off,
I'VE are to be rendered % the city, as 10
were," said Dicisey glbIy.
a gracious present, said the kentuokian
with "a lngIshing smile, but 1 kept my
mouth shut, something every woman doesn't
DO ON an occasions
Our goodbys We're soon said, for breakfast
was waiting the passengers below and senti-
ment does not flourish vell ou am empty
stomach: we descended % the tender, waved
farewell 90 the Rhaeta. her captain, CREW
and passengers, and in fifteen or twenty miu-
utes we stepped once more upon the wayeless
and-oarthquakes excepted.
Thank the Lord" said Dickey.
Amen said feryently
MARY JANE.
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